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entibus. Stipule 4 lin. longe. Receptacula sepe gemina 
(v. ex tuberculo axillari plura ?), obovato-globosa, 3} lin. 
diametro, peduneulos circiter zequantia, involucro membra- 
naceo extus puberulo sustensa. 
5. Urostigma Thonningii, Mig. (Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot.T. 
t. 18. f. C.) ; folis longiuscule petiolatis oblongis v. obovato- 
oblongis obtusis rotundatis v. emarginatis basi acutis v. ob- 
tusiusculis integerrimis coriaceis glabris, venulis distinctiori- 
bus utrinque fere 12, receptaculis axillaribus geminis breviter 
peduneulatis globosis versus basin pilosulis v. glabris, invo- 
lucri trilobi lobis rotundatis puberulis et ciliatis.—Ficus micro- 
carpa, Vahl, Enum. 2. p. 188. haud Linn.—F. Thonningu, 
Blume in Rumphia.—On the Nun, Vogel; Guinea. 
Arbor mediocris. Petioli 4-14 poll. longi. Folia 2-4 poll. 
longa, 1-14 poll. lata, rigidiuscule membranaceo-coriacea, 
supra lzvia, in sicco nigricantia, venis crebris patulis parallelis. 
Stipule coriaceo-membranacez, ovate, convolute, 14 lin. 
longe. Receptacula magnitudine pisi majoris, viridi-lutes- 
centia, punctis rubris, fere tota glabra, intus sub ore bracteis 
lanceolatis fuscescentibus occlusa. Flores sessiles, foeminer 
tripartiti, lobis 2 postieis lanceolatis acuminatis, dorsali tertio 
concavo. Ovarium sessile, obovatum, stylo modico, stigmate 
simplici, sed cujus forma accurate distingui nequit, gue 
. omnia stigmata sibi adglutinata sint. Achenia fusca, niti- 
dula. Flores masculi verosimiliter deflorati. 
6. Urostigma ? sp.—Speeimens in leaf only, not seen by Dr. 
Miquel, but apparently allied to U. politum.—On the Quorra, 
at Attah and Abòh, Vogel. 
The other W. African species of the genus (or section) are 
U. ovatum, Miq., U. politum, Miq., U. calyptratum, Miq., and 
U. luteum, Miq., all from Guinea. 2 
1. Sycomorus Vogeliana, Mig. ; ramis glabris, ramulis petiolis 
foliisque subtus presertim in nervo medio costisque subbar- 
bato-hirtis, his breviter v. longe petiolatis obovato-oblongis _ 
acutis V. breviter apieulatis versus basin attenuatis ipsaque 
: leviter emarginatis. v. subtruncatis presertim versus apicem 
crenato-serratis v. repandis coriaceo-membranaceis trinervibus 
